Articles | Volume 6, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-1461-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-1461-2013
Research article
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04 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 04 Jun 2013

Measurement of low-ppm mixing ratios of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using chemical ionization mass spectrometry

T. D. Thornberry, A. W. Rollins, R. S. Gao, L. A. Watts, S. J. Ciciora, R. J. McLaughlin, C. Voigt, B. Hall, and D. W. Fahey

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